How can an incident be worth a 1 match ban but not a red card? That doesnt make sense. If a player is banned for a game then his team get to play with a full quota of players in the game of the offence and the following game?

You have to understand the Disciplinary procedure. Early plea, 1 match ban. It's hard to appeal against something you've pleaded guilty to.

There are 29 pages on the VT about something similar. Personally I think he should have been off. However he wasn't. Unfortunately life in general isn't fair.

I would have liked a yellow and a stearn warning, and hopefully his team mates would have been punished during the game. Its the lack of balls the refs have that annoys me the most.

I'd agree with that, however it doesn't exactly help when a player is sent off and there's an outcry.

But sport is supposed to be, especially when you have a referee on the spot, touchjudges on either flank and the Sky cameras trained on you from virtually point-blank range, plus a VR facility.

didn't Ganso use the vr to send off Moz for GB at the JJB and when he sent Raynor off for that punch/tackle in the CC?

It was the TJ who watched the replay on the screen of the Moz one and then told Ganson.

Imo he didn't miss the head because he had second thoughts he missed because he aimed it badly and jeffries legs restrict his movement.

It's unusual for Bridge to act like this. Even Tony Smith to his credit says he'll answer and learn from it. Wonder what it was that got him so riled? There was an incident just before that Alibert missed so he may have been taking the law into his own hands.

No excuses though and he will get a ban, or should get one.

I certainly wouldn't want Bridge remembered for this. I'd prefer him to be remembered as the England three-quarter who couldn't catch the Huddersfield scum-half in a length-of-the-field foot race.

shouldnt jeffries be banned for attacking bridges elbow/forearm with his throat

TBF joking aside, Brough is quick.

I can't remember the last time a player deserved to be sent off and actually got sent off...

last one against us was Gareth Raynor.....that was deserved.....

I really like Bridge as a centre, but every so often he has an epic fail, like the elbow, or the missed tackle on Webb in the playoffs. Frustrating.

I watched that match only last night and, while the Goal Line defence from Wire was impressive and their power saw them through, they were pretty lucky the rub of the green was in their favour or else they could have come unstuck - a few cms for platt's foot, half a yard for the Sammutt offside, a couple of cheeky ball strips in the 2nd half....

Promising performance by Bradford?

It was much better, especially than against us the other week, but I think Sky were making a point to overhype them. For the field position and amount of possession they had they should have put more points on the board. Obviously unlucky with a few decisions but I still can't see them making the 8 tbh.

They showed some nice craft close to the ruck with some interesting short balls, but on the line they did struggle and couldn't really get much going out wide.
On that, I would suggest 8th, 9th or 10th perhaps?

It was a close game but if we're doing ifs and buts it would have been a different story if Briers had played more than 10mins or if Monaghan or Westwood had played.

I agree. It was hard to tell how well Bradford played because Wire were pretty poor and they injury problems during the game. Bradford away to Hull KR will be a better barometer as to how well they are playing.

Brough is a whippet. He's not just fast over 30/40 mtrs, he can go the length of the field.

I guess Chris Bridge would agree, for one.

(I don't disagree, by the way).

When Tomkins scored that great try from out of dummy half against Huddersfield I'm pretty sure it was Brough he was keeping up with him all the way.

Is there ONLY me who's just seen Westwood try this tonight on Webb - and he got peanalised for retaliating.

Not one of the Sky team can spot it. Blind bunch.

Warrington are cheating houses.

Nope, he certainly aimed for it, then just smothered webb.